Founded with the name of Sport-Club Juventus, initially as an athletics club , [10] it is the second oldest of its kind still active in the country after Genoa 's football section and has competed uninterruptedly in the top flight league reformulated as Serie A from since its debut in after changing its name to Foot-Ball Club Juventus, with the exception of the —07 season , being managed by the industrial Agnelli family almost continuously since Under the management of Giovanni Trapattoni , the club won 13 trophies in the ten years before , including six league titles and five international titles, and became the first to win all three competitions organised by the Union of European Football Associations: The club's fan base is the largest at national level and one of the largest worldwide.

In , the businessman Ajmone-Marsan revived the finances of the football club Juventus, making it also possible to transfer the training field from piazza d'armi to the more appropriate Velodrome Umberto I.

During this period, the team wore a pink and black kit. Juventus first won the league championship in while playing at their Velodrome Umberto I ground.

By this time the club colours had changed to black and white stripes, inspired by English side Notts County.

There was a split at the club in , after some of the staff considered moving Juve out of Turin. Juventus moved to the Stadio Comunale , but for the rest of the s and the majority of the s they were unable to recapture championship dominance.

Two new strikers were signed during — That season saw Juventus awarded with the Golden Star for Sport Excellence to wear on their shirts after becoming the first Italian side to win ten league titles.

During the rest of the decade, the club won the league just once more in — During the rest of the decade, they won the league twice more, with defender Gaetano Scirea contributing significantly.

The later win was under Giovanni Trapattoni , who also led the club to their first ever major European title the UEFA Cup in and helped the club's domination continue on into the early part of the s.

The Trapattoni era was highly successful in the s and the club started the decade off well, winning the league title three more times by Frenchman Michel Platini was also awarded the European Footballer of the Year title for three years in a row in , and , which is a record.

As well as having to contend with Diego Maradona 's Napoli , both of the Milanese clubs, Milan and Internazionale , won Italian championships.

Marcello Lippi took over as Juventus manager at the start of the —95 campaign. Lippi led Juventus to their first Supercoppa Italiana and the Champions League the following season, beating Ajax on penalties after a 1—1 draw in which Fabrizio Ravanelli scored for Juventus.

The club did not rest long after winning the European Cup: At the conclusion of the following season, Lippi was appointed as the Italy national team's head coach, bringing an end to one of the most fruitful managerial spells in Juventus' history.

Fabio Capello was appointed as Juventus' coach in and led the club to two more consecutive Serie A first places. In May , Juventus became one of the five clubs linked to a Italian football scandal , the result of which saw the club placed at the bottom of the league table and relegated to Serie B for the first time in its history.

The club was also stripped of the title won under Capello, while the title, after a period sub judice , was assigned to Inter Milan. Juventus won the Cadetti Serie B championship and gained promotion straight back up to the top division as league winners after the —07 season, [49] as captain Del Piero claimed the top scorer award with 21 goals.

As early as , Juventus considered challenging the stripping of their scudetto from and the non-assignment of the title, dependent on the results of trials connected to the scandal.

FIGC president Carlo Tavecchio offered to discuss reinstatement of the lost scudetti in exchange for Juventus dropping the lawsuit. Juventus reached the group stages, where they beat Real Madrid in both home and away legs, before losing in the knockout round to Chelsea.

Ranieri was sacked following a string of unsuccessful results and Ciro Ferrara was appointed as manager on a temporary basis for the last two games of the —09 season , [56] before being subsequently appointed as the manager for the —10 season.

Ferrara's stint as Juventus manager, however, proved to be unsuccessful, with Juventus knocked out of Champions League and Coppa Italia , as well as just lying on the sixth place in the league table at the end of January , leading to the dismissal of Ferrara and the naming of Alberto Zaccheroni as caretaker manager.

Zaccheroni could not help the side improve, as Juventus finished the season in seventh place in Serie A. Agnelli's first action was to replace Zaccheroni and director of sport Alessio Secco with Sampdoria manager Luigi Delneri and director of sport Giuseppe Marotta.

Former player and fan favourite Antonio Conte , fresh after winning promotion with Siena , was named as Delneri's replacement. With Conte as manager, Juventus went unbeaten for the entire —12 Serie A season.

Towards the second half of the season, the team was mostly competing with northern rivals Milan for first place in a tight contest.

Juventus won the title on the 37th matchday after beating Cagliari 2—0 and Milan losing to Internazionale 4—2. After a 3—1 win in the final matchday against Atalanta , Juventus became the first team to go the season unbeaten in the current game format.

In —15 , Massimiliano Allegri was appointed as manager, with whom Juventus won their 31st official title, making it a fourth-straight, as well as achieving a record tenth Coppa Italia for the double.

On 17 May , Juventus won their 12th Coppa Italia title in a 2—0 win over Lazio the first team to win three consecutive championships.

Juventus have played in black and white striped shirts, with white shorts, sometimes black shorts since Originally, they played in pink shirts with a black tie.

The father of one of the players made the earliest shirts, but continual washing faded the colour so much that in the club sought to replace them.

He had a friend who lived in Nottingham, who being a Notts County supporter, shipped out the black and white striped shirts to Turin. Juventus's official emblem has undergone different and small modifications since the s.

The previous modification of the Juventus badge took place in , when the emblem of the team changed to a black-and-white oval shield of a type used by Italian ecclesiastics.

It is divided in five vertical stripes: The white silhouette of a charging bull is in the lower section of the oval shield, superimposed on a black old French shield and the charging bull is a symbol of the comune of Turin.

There is also a black silhouette of a mural crown above the black spherical triangle's base. This is a reminiscence to Augusta Tourinorum, the old city of the Roman era which the present capital of Piedmont region is its cultural heiress.

In January , president Andrea Agnelli announced the most recent change to the Juventus badge, revealing a video showing the introduction of the new badge.

The badge shows the word Juventus on top, with two capital Js shown together in different fonts with a small opening between them to almost make a bigger J.

Agnelli said that the badge reflects "the Juventus way of living". In the past, the convex section of the emblem had a blue colour another symbol of Turin and it was concave in shape.

The old French shield and the mural crown, also in the lower section of the emblem, had a considerably greater size. The two "Golden Stars for Sport Excellence" were located above the convex and concave section of Juventus' emblem.

During the s, the club emblem was the blurred silhouette of a zebra , alongside the two golden stars with the club's name forming an arc above.

Juventus unofficially won their 30th league title in —12, but a dispute with the FIGC, which stripped Juventus of their —05 and —06 titles due to their involvement in a Italian football scandal, left their official total at They elected to wear no stars at all the following season.

In September , Juventus officially announced a new project called JKids for its junior supporters on its website. Along with this project, Juventus also introduced a new mascot to all its fans which is called J.

J is a cartoon-designed zebra, black and white stripes with golden edge piping on its body, golden shining eyes, and three golden stars on the front of its neck.

During its history, the club has acquired a number of nicknames, la Vecchia Signora the Old Lady being the best example.

The "old" part of the nickname is a pun on Juventus which means "youth" in Latin. It was derived from the age of the Juventus star players towards the middle of the s.

The "lady" part of the nickname is how fans of the club affectionately referred to it before the s.

The club is also nicknamed la Fidanzata d'Italia the Girlfriend of Italy , because over the years it has received a high level of support from Southern Italian immigrant workers particularly from Naples and Palermo , who arrived in Turin to work for FIAT since the s.

I gobbi the hunchbacks is the nickname that is used to define Juventus supporters, but is also used sometimes for team's players.

The most widely accepted origin of gobbi dates to the fifties, when the bianconeri wore a large jersey. When players ran on the field, the jersey, which had a laced opening at the chest, generated a bulge over the back a sort of parachute effect , making the players look hunchbacked.

The official anthem of Juventus is Juve storia di un grande amore , or Juve story of a great love in English, written by Alessandra Torre and Claudio Guidetti, in the version of the singer and musician Paolo Belli composed in Juventus , which followed the club throughout the season , by spending time with the players behind the scenes both on and off the field, was released on Netflix ; the other three episodes were released on 6 July After the first two years and , during which Juventus played in the Parco del Valentino and Parco Cittadella, their matches were held in the Piazza d'Armi Stadium until , except in the first year of the scudetto and in , years in which it played at the Corso Re Umberto.

From to , Juventus played their internal competitions at Corso Sebastopoli Camp before moving the following year to Corso Marsiglia Camp, where they remained until , winning four league titles.

At the end of , they began to play at the new Stadio Mussolini stadium inaugurated for the World Championships. In August , Juventus returned to play in the Stadio Comunale, then known as Stadio Olimpico , after the restructuring of the stadium for the Winter Olympics onward.

Demand for Juventus tickets in occasional home games held away from Turin is high, suggesting that Juventus have stronger support in other parts of the country.

Juventus is widely and especially popular throughout mainland Southern Italy, Sicily and Malta , leading the team to have one of the largest followings in its away matches, [] more than in Turin itself.

Juventus have significant rivalries with two clubs. Their traditional rivals are fellow Turin club Torino; matches between the two sides are known as the Derby della Mole Turin Derby.

The rivalry dates back to as Torino was founded by break-away Juventus players and staff. Their most high-profile rivalry is with Internazionale, another big Serie A club located in Milan , the capital of the neighbouring region of Lombardy.

Matches between these two clubs are referred to as the Derby d'Italia Derby of Italy and the two regularly challenge each other at the top of the league table, hence the intense rivalry.

Notably, the two sides are the first and the second most supported clubs in Italy and the rivalry has intensified since the later part of the s; reaching its highest levels ever post- Calciopoli , with the return of Juventus to Serie A.

The rivalry with A. Milan is a rivalry between the two most titled teams in Italy. The Juventus youth set-up has been recognised as one of the best in Italy for producing young talents.

Under long-time coach Vincenzo Chiarenza , the Primavera Under squad enjoyed one of its successful periods, winning all age-group competitions from to Like Dutch club Ajax and many Premier League clubs, Juventus operates several satellite clubs and football schools outside of the country i.

United States , Canada , Greece , Saudi Arabia , Australia and Switzerland and numerous camps in the local region to expand talent scouting.

The youth system is also notable for its contribution to the Italian national senior and youth teams. Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.

Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Juventus have had numerous chairmen Italian: On top of chairmen, there were several living former chairmen, that were nominated as the honorary chairmen Italian: Presidenti Onorari , lit.

Below is a list of Juventus managers from , when the Agnelli family took over and the club became more structured and organised, [2] until the present day.

Italy's most successful club of the 20th century [20] and the most successful club in the history of Italian football , [] Juventus have won the Italian League Championship , the country's premier football club competition and organised by Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A LNPA , a record 34 times and have the record of consecutive triumphs in that tournament seven, between —12 and — Overall, Juventus have won 65 official competitions, [j] more than any other Italian club: The club has earned the distinction of being allowed to wear three Golden Stars Italian: Juventus were the first Italian team to have achieved the national double four times winning the Italian top tier division and the national cup competition in the same season , in the —60, —95, —15 and —16 seasons.

In the —16 season, Juventus won the Coppa Italia for the 11th time and their second-straight title, becoming the first team in Italy's history to complete Serie A and Coppa Italia doubles in back-to-back seasons; Juventus would go on to win another two consecutive doubles in —17 and — The club is unique in the world in having won all official confederation competitions [] [] and they have received, in recognition to winning the three major UEFA competitions [39] — first case in the history of the European football and the only one to be reached with the same coach— [16] The UEFA Plaque by the Union of European Football Associations UEFA on 12 July Alessandro Del Piero holds Juventus' official appearance record of appearances.

He took over from Gaetano Scirea on 6 March against Palermo. He also holds the record for Serie A appearances with Including all official competitions, Del Piero is the all-time leading goalscorer for Juventus, with —since joining the club in Giampiero Boniperti, who was the all-time topscorer since comes in second in all competitions with The most goals scored by a player in a single match is 6, which is also an Italian record.

The first ever official game participated in by Juventus was in the Third Federal Football Championship , the predecessor of Serie A, against Torinese in a Juventus loss 0—1.

The biggest victory recorded by Juventus was 15—0 against Cento, in the second round of the Coppa Italia in the —27 season.

In the league, Fiorentina and Fiumana were famously on the end of Juventus' biggest championship wins, with both beaten 11—0 in the —29 season. Juventus' heaviest championship defeats came during the —12 and —13 seasons: Overall, Juventus are the club that has contributed the most players to the Italy national team in history, [] being the only Italian club that has contributed players to every Italy national team since the 2nd FIFA World Cup.

Below are a list of Juventus players who represented the Italy national team during World Cup winning tournaments.

Three Juventus players represented their nation during the European Football Championship win for Italy: The Torinese club has also contributed to a lesser degree to the national sides of other nations.

A decreased to Segmento Titoli con Alti Requisiti , one of the main market segment in the world. The club's training ground was owned by Campi di Vinovo S.

A, controlled by Juventus Football Club S. Since then, Juventus has not had any subsidiary. From 1 July , the club has implemented a safety management system for employees and athletes in compliance with the requirements of international OHSAS The club is one of the founders of the European Club Association ECA , which was formed after the dissolution of the G , an international group of Europe's most elite clubs of which Juventus were also a founding member.

Despite being knocked out in the quarterfinal stage, Juventus took the lion's share thanks to the largesse of the Italian national TV market and the division of revenues with the only other Italian team making the competition's final phase, Milan.

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Tradizione sportiva , it is the historical ranking made by Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio FIGC based on the weighted score of the official titles won by the clubs in the seasonal competitions since and the overall seasons in which it has participated in the first three professional levels since the creation of the round-robin tournament The governing body of Italian football often uses it in promotion and relegation and broadcast cases.

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